Lattndry-marking tag



C. W. vCANINE Aug. 23, 1927.

- LAUNDRY MARKING TAG Original Filed April 19 1921 M 4 5 A 1 m A Reissued Aa 23, 1927. f v Re. 16,717 -[LUNI'TED STAT-ES PATENT OFFICE.

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LAUNDRY-MARKING TAG.

Original 80. 1,571,792, dated Fehruaryi, 1926, Serial No. 462,565,.fi1ed April 19, 1921. Application I a for reissue filed April 13, 1927, Serial No. 184,130;

.My invention relates to tags for the mark-, Figure i is a sectional view taken through ing of laundry, although I do not wish to the tag with a piece of fabric embraced limitmy invention to thisuse alone, others within it. a l might readily develop. 3 'f 1 While I describe convenient method of 5 i Inthe past the method used to mark laun attaching my novel tag, I do not wish to 00 dry has been to imprint in indelible ink limit the invention to this method alone, upon the garment or article to be laundered since in this application I desire to cover the some given sign, number or letter, which tag itself as an. article of manufacture. said mark remains visible after the article In essence the tag comprises two pieces has gone through the various machines inof tape or other fabric of convenient size as 66 volved in the washing'and ironing of the 7 indicated at l and 2, one of which pieces is fabric, y v y y on one side and one on the other of the ar- For articles sodark as to form no basis ticle 3, which is to be marked. As shown in for an ink mark the practice is either to the drawings, the one piece of tape has a disstaple-onto the article ,a fabric tag, which it; tinguishing number or mark 4 thereon while m then marked in ink, or topin on some kind the other may be left blank. A- desired 7 of an identifying tag. number of rows of stitches 5, 5, are. for-med As :is evident, the former practice is bad running lengthwise of the tag,said'stitches because it leaves a mark on the finishcd arbeing preferably such as will readily rip 2o tic le which in many cases is very objectionapart upon pulling the pieces of tape in op- T able," and the latter practice is faulty because posite directions. I where the tag is loosely pinned or stapled As shown in the drawings, the tag is not on it willcome off while the article is being stitched to the fabric for a short space as at washed and if it is tightly put on it cannot 6 where it lies on the garment, so that the be removedwithout danger of tearing the ends are free to be pulled apart. Also I 9 garment. y I prefer to have the tag protrude somewhat vIt is the object of my invention-to provide y from the edge of the article that is to be a marking tag for use especially in laundries identified, so that it can be readily cut off which can be readily removed f ch when being mounted by machinery without 3 ticle before it is sent home from the laundry danger of cutting the fabric. I as and will stay in place in the laundry Thus in marking a piece of fabric it is evihi es and be, removable without. chance of dent that I may employ two lengths of tape tearing the garment. 1 as at 7 and 8, and thrust the fabric between Thi I li h b th tit hi f a them in a stitching machine with the result double piece of fabric on both side f th that the stitching will begin at the correct 9 a m t, h b th tit h be f point on the tag and so that when the cihly parted ith ll h t i th r needles have finished stitching the tag pieces take up b th parts f th t on b th together with the fabric between them, they sides of the goods, so that in effect the gar- 3 cohtlmle t fO m the lines of stitches 40 ment is inserted in the tag and never torn to P yo the g 0f the article to from the tag since the tag only is parted or be Illflrkedassembled over th arti le a d th o l The machine may then embody a knife mark left on the fabric is the line of stitches. to o Off the tag and the threads at a point I accomplish the above by that certain removed from the edge of the article, leavconstruction and arrangement of parts t b mg the tape and needles ready for another hereinafter more specifically pointed out and article.

claimed. One method of practice possible with my In the drawings, I tag will be to give each customers articles Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the the same mark, such as A34 (Figures 1 and 50 method of attaching the tag to a napkin. 2). This mark willthen indicate one cus- Flgure 2 1s a like view showing the tag tomers goods which after it has gone in lace. through the laundry process will be assemigure' 3 is a perspective view showing bled in a special binfor bundling. the convenient method of ripping off the If desired the tags may then be removed 55 tag, before packing the goods for transportation v to the owner, and preserved as a check against the proper number of articles sent out and received.

I have found that the tag may be torn oif from a piece of the finest lace or sheerest lawn without any strain on it whatever. The operator in the preferred manner will grasp the free ends of the tag pieces at 6 (Figure 3) and rip them apart with the result of tn-cal; O Where they engage the per one of the tag pieces with out affecting the article lying between them.

The tags never come off in the laundry because the strains there could not act to rip them apart and while I have shown a. piece of tape previously numbered as a part of the tag it should be noted that the tag may be marked before or after it is mounted on the piece of fabric to be laundered.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A marking tag, strips of tape mounted upon opposed faces of an article to be identified and fastened together through the article by suitable fas tening passing through the tape and the article,whereby the strips may be torn apart with the strain of the fastening confined to the tape and leaving the inter-lying article free.

2. A marking tag, comprising essentially strips of flexible material mounted on opposed faces of an article to be identified, and stitched together through the article with the stitches terminating short of that end of the strips, which lies on the article so as to leave'an unstitched end for easy grasp, when tearing OK the tag.

3. A marking tag, comprising essentially strips of flexible material mounted on opposed faces of an article to be markedand extending beyond the edge of such article, said strips being stitched together through the article, whereby the strips may be torn apart without straining the fabric and the extending portions permit the use of a length of tape in making up the tags, which comprising essentiallycomprising essentially posed sides of an. article to be identified, said pieces being stitched together through the article, said stitches so arranged as to leave a desiredportion of the material of the strips free of stitches, scribed.

6. A marking tag, comprising a linear member of flexible nature, said member bearing an identification mark, stitches for securing said member to an article to be marked, and means independent of the article and comprising part of the tag for receiving the engagement of the said stitches after they have passed through the fabric from the linear member.

7. A laundry identification tag comprising two independent tag members, said tag members being applied on opposite sides of a laundry article, and a'row of stitches passed through both tag members and through the article to be marked, said row of stitches being terminated a sutficient distance from one end of the tag to form two unconnected tag member ends, which may be conveniently grasped by an operator,vsaid parts being so arranged and constructed that the two tag members may be grasped at the ends projecting beyond the stitches and forcibly separated with the result of breaking the threads where they engage the portions of the tab pieces without affecting the article lying between them.

CHESTER CANINE.

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